When I was growing up, birthdays were always a big deal. It was our OWN day of the year. My brothers & I all had birthdays within a few weeks of each other but they never got blended together in any way. Our birthday was always all about us. I’m glad my parents treated our birthdays the way they did,… Read More

I love sewing. My mom taught me last summer right before Alex was born. As you can imagine, I have not had a ton of time to perfect this new hobby, since juggling two very little ones. I am terrible at following patterns. One of the few things I can make are skirts. I have made a ton of them…. Read More

One of the best parts about summer is…GRILLING time!!!!  I LOVE it because not only does it produce delicious food, but that means less time spent in the kitchen for me.  And tell me one husband who doesn’t love to work that fire in grill.  So we eat a lot of grilled food around here this time of year.  I… Read More

If you have little girls, then you might be drowning in hair bows. Hopefully this week’s post will help you out. I had a few attempts at organizing & storeing bows in Maggie’s room. I had 2  problems with keeping them in a drawer or box: I could never find any of them when getting her dressed & Maggie could… Read More

I love when mistakes turn out to be a fantastic surprise!  The other weekend, we invited some friends over for a late afternoon BBQ.  Of course, in my last minute style, I raced to Trader Joe’s that morning after church to grab the necessary ingredients for an Italian pasta salad.  I have never tried the Tuscan Italian salad dressing, but… Read More

So my Saturday morning started out a little crazy… I decided to let my husband sleep in and we started the morning with a little make-your-own breakfast.  Anyone else have three year olds who want to do it all on their own????  Nothing like making some sticky, messy oatmeal all on your own:) So after this chaotic breakfast time, I… Read More

Now that summer is arriving, I have been searching high and low for ways to liven up our cozy little living room!!!!  We have these cute, but very muted, pillows on our couch that were screaming to be replaced.  A couple weeks ago, I was searching Jo-Ann Fabric’s for some fabric to recover a bench and picked up a couple… Read More

Last week we had another Pinterest Night! It was a big success. We made the flip flops I had blogged about. Last minute I had an idea to try substituting wide grosgrain ribbon instead of fabric & loved the results! We also made patriotic wreaths with yarn. They came out really cute, but I never realized how long “yarn crafts”… Read More